[Grace Dieu stands, with a long wand in her right hand.]]
'And mor holsom yt ys to the, [Tib folio 85a]
Be-cause the water (as thow mayst se,)
Ys lewk: therfor yt ys mor hable,
And to bathys mor coumfortable.'
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[The Pilgrim]:
And Gracë dieu me bad A-noon,
In-to the bath I sholdë gon.
And in I wente A-noon, by grace,
And ther a-bood but lytel space;
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ffor (to rehersyn euerydel)
The bath lykéde me nat ryht wel:
I gan feynte on euery syde,
Wher-fore I myhtë nat abyde [folio 286b]
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In that bath to stondë [[C., Tib., bathe to stond St.]] stable;
ffor, I was nat résembláble [¶ [Lavabo per singulas noctes] Lectum meum: lacrimis meis stratum [meum] rigabo [Psal. vi. 7] Tib., om. C., St.]
To kyng Davyd in my bathyng,
Wych, wyth the terys off hys wepyng,
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Wyssh hys bed-strawh [[wysche . . bedstraw Tib.]] euerydel,
Hys bed also, (who lokë wel),
And [[out Tib., St.]] off the bath whan I was go,
Gracë Dieu A-non kam to:
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¶ Now Grace Dieu spekyth: [[Tib., grace dieu St., om. C.]]
Quod she, 'wenystow to be
Al hool off thyn infyrmyte,
And off thyn wondys euerychon,
That so sonë art out gon,
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Out off thys ylkë holsom welle,
And lyst nat ther [[not ther in Tib.]] no lenger dwelle?
'What woldestow ha sayd to me,
Yiff I haddë wrappyd the,
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Nakyd, cast the vp and doun [Stowe folio 350b]
In thornys for thy savacïoun,
Ther ta suffryd [[to a suffred Tib., to sofer St.]] sharp prykyng;
Or, A-mong netlys fful bytyng,
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Bak and brest, and euery syde;
Whan thow myghtest nat abyde [Tib folio 85b]
In sofftë water, by suffraunce,
Thy-sylff in Elthë [[helthe Tib.]] to avaunce?
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